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Article: Ralph Nader, Finding His Muse
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- The Washington Post
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- September 21, 2009
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Last May, independent publisher Dan Simon received a manuscript
from a first-time novelist. It took two weeks to get through the
tome, after which he called the author.
Would the novelist be willing to make any changes? Absolutely
not, the man replied.
When did he hope to publish it? In June, the man said.
In June?!? Simon told the writer it would be physically
impossible to turn around before September.
All right then, said Ralph Nader: "September is okay."
Yes, Nader is now a novelist, and his quirky fiction debut -- a
733-page "utopian fantasy" starring Warren Buffett and Yoko Ono --
is as earnest as his legendary consumer activism and as
unpredictable as his presidential runs. "Only ...